Climate Data

Provides climate
normals data including average temperature, precipitation,
sunshine, and wind speeds. Data is first broken down by
providence and then into individual cities. Maintained by
Environment Canada.

Provides crop maps and regional
information such as climate zones, monthly climate data, freeze
date maps, historical crop area, yield, and production data for
various countries throughout the world. Note: Site is
said to be still under construction. Maintained by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.

"NCDC
is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC
produces numerous climate publications and responds to data
requests from all over the world." Maintained by the
National Climatic Data Center.

Provides current
weather conditions and climatic data for various cities throughout
Maine. Also includes marine and aviation forecasts, radar
and Satellite images, and fire weather information.
Maintained by the national weather station in Caribou, Maine.

Provides express
Weather information for various Maine cities and current weather
warnings for Maine and New Hampshire. Other features
include: information on flood awareness, satellite and radar
imagery, and a wind chill chart. Maintained by the national
weather station in Grey, Maine.

Provides
up to date observations and forecasts for various cities in each
state, along with city summaries for Canada, Latin America, and
other foreign countries. Other resources include a
variety of different maps and radar images. Maintained
by the Plymouth State College Meteorology Program.

"Maintained by the NOAA
Paleoclimatology Program and World Data Center for
Paleoclimatology. The Data Bank includes raw ring width or wood
density measurements, and site chronologies (growth indices for a
site). Tree-ring measurement series from other parameters
are welcome as well. Reconstructed climate parameters, including
North American Drought, are also available for some areas. Over
1000 sites on five continents are included."

The creation of
computer consultant Robert Hoare, Worldclimate.com "contains
over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather
averages) from a wide range of sources." By entering
the name of a specific city, the user is provided with its average
maximum and minimum temperature, rainfall, etc. Designed for
a general audience.